Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-13
STATE NEWS.

A CURIOUS suit has been begun
against an estate in g. Milwaukee
court. -Four men who acted as pail
bearears at the funeral of the deceased
have sued for compensation in the
amount .f 81. so each for the service
r. T. KRUGER, blind portrait
painter OF Milwaukee, committed sui
eide on the 9th by taking morphine
He had become respondent over the
loss of his sight.
A BOILER at the ship yards of Wolf
d Davidson, Milwaukee, exploded on
the 9th inst, wrecking the boiler house
and doing considerable other damage.
People in the city tookiU for an earth
quake.
SAM RUCKETT, q veteran of the late
war, who has been engaged in selling
farm machinery for 20 years, commit
ted suicide in Linden by cutting his
throat with q razor He leaves wife
and several children.
KNAPP, Dunn County, has new
paper, the Mining Journal, published
by George L. Jones.
| GODFREY S. BABCoCK, the Oldest
man in La Crosse, died of paralysis
on the 9th. He came to Wisconsin in
| 1916.
JENNY HILLS, farmers daughter,
age about 20, who has been living with
her parents near Eau Claire, disap-
peared from her home the other night,
tying her clothes in bundle and de-
scending from her bedroom window.
A young man named Geo. Dixon who
had been paying her attention having
disappeared at the same time, it is
believed that he has decoyed the girl
to ST. Paul or Minneapolis. The par
ents, who are distracted with grief,
have been searching in vain in neigh
boring cities for their daughter.
WILLIAM SCHMIDT, while standing be-
fore mirror in the parlor Of his resi-
dence, corner of Eleventh and Winnie
bago Streets, Milwaukee, on the 9Th,
drew knife across his throat. The
physicians who were called In found
that the cut was not dangerous and
sewed up the wound. Schmidt has
been somewhat demented of late, and
during the past week repeatedly
threatened the lives of his step-daugh-
tiers, who live with him. Some days
ago his wife proposed that he divide
the property with her and that they
separate, as she claimed he abused
her.
l. CONRAD DREIBLER, an old resident OF
Butternut, was run over by q freight
train and instantly killed.
LEADING farmers of Eau Claire and
adjacent counties report that the dam
age to winter wheat will not be less
than so per cent, owing to the ex-
treme cold weather and insufficient
snow protection for the past few
weeks. On many of the fine farms in
the vicinity of Augusta, in the eastern
part of the county the yield will not
be sufficient to afford the amount OF
seed needed for next fall.
GUS MCCABE, under arrest for the
shooting of Louis de Silve IN q Mil
waukee gambling house, has been dis
charged from custody, the prosecution
failing to press the case.
THE people of La Crosse county are
in peculiar predicament. After issu.
ing and selling $50, 900 worth Of bonds
to build an insane asylum, they
have changed their minds. What dis
position will be made of the money
now in the hands of the treasurer is
not known, but there is talk Of using
it for the erection of new Jail.
III. E. HORTON has contracted to
build new bridge across the Chippe.
wa River at Eau Claire, for $4,000
The structure will be $50 feet long.
A WOMAN was arrested at Eau
Claire and taken to Chippewa Falls to
answer to the charge of robbing a
resident of the last named city OF a
gold watch worth $75 and $50 in
money.
A COMPANY is being organized in
Minneapolis to build mill for crush
ing paint ore found near Eau Claire.
EDWARD CRoNIN, laborer on the
new foundry building at the E. P. Allie
works, Milwaukee, fell through g. sky
light in the roof on the 9th, and was
almost instantly killed. It seems that
Cronin and another workman were
carrying plank on the roof, Cronin
following his companion, who held the
other end of the plank. The unfortu-
nate man did not see the opening in
the roof when he reached it and fell,
feet first. In going down Cronin struck
g. cross beam which reversed his posi-
ton. He struck upon his head and
shoulders, fracturing his skull at the
base of the brain The distance OF
the fall was "a feet. A physician was
called, but the man died just as he ar.
rived.
MRS. CATHERINE MEYER, of Milwau-
kee, found her long-lost husband on
one of the marble slabs in the morgue.
The scene was an effecting one. Stuff
Gent money has been collected to
give the man decent burial.
THE Island View House, at Bay
field, was destroyed by fire supposed
to have originated in the cooking de.
partment. The loss is $4,000; insur.
ance ST., 900. Very little of the con
tents is saved. Wiley & Son, propri.
etors, intend to build on larger
scale than ever in connection with
the annex on the hill.
HENRY GEORGE, the great reformer,
lectured in Milwaukee on the 9th, on
'"The Crime of Poverty"